An aviation enthusiast photographs a Cathay Pacific cargo plane as it takes off from the international airport in Hong Kong this month. Symbolically, Cathay is to Hong Kong’s autonomy in the air what the territory’s political and economic institutions are to its special status on the ground. Photo: AFP

An aviation enthusiast photographs a Cathay Pacific cargo plane as it takes off from the international airport in Hong Kong this month. Symbolically, Cathay is to Hong Kong’s autonomy in the air what the territory’s political and economic institutions are to its special status on the ground. Photo: AFP